Press Release from Fathi Al-Fadl, Member of the Political Bureau of the Sudanese Communist Party

The Release of Political Detainees is an Urgent Necessity

The de facto authority of the Security Committee's generals, through the Military Intelligence Agency, continues its campaign of arresting political activists and cadres who oppose the war and demand its cessation. Several cities are witnessing arrests and restrictions on freedom of expression and movement. The Military Intelligence accuses some detainees who oppose the war of promoting the positions of the Rapid Support Forces militia. 

In Shendi, northern Sudan, the Military Intelligence conducted a wide-ranging campaign of arrests, targeting political cadres, activists in emergency committees and resistance committees, and volunteers in charitable work. The same criminal hands have also arrested our comrade Awad Beyan under circumstances similar to those of comrade Amal Al-Zain's arrest. 

We, in the Communist Party, demand the immediate release of all political detainees from the political movement, resistance committees, and civil society organizations. We hold the Military Intelligence and the de facto authorities responsible for the safety and health of the detainees, stressing the need to respect their dignity, treat them humanely, and provide medical treatment for the ill. 

We urge all active forces - those rejecting the de facto authorities - and human rights organizations to intensify their solidarity campaigns for political detainees and continue demanding their immediate release.

Fathi Al-Fadl - Member of the Political Bureau of the Sudanese Communist Party

June 26, 2024